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International combustible dust expert talks minimising the risk of dust explosions « Informa Australia Our friend John Astad of the Combustible Dust Policy Institute is a featured speaker at Informa Australia Dust Explosions 2012 Conference:  Dust Explosions 2012 - The Dust Explosions Conference will examine the means to control dust and the latest technology to ensure the maximum safety of your organization.    Informa Australia is pleased to welcome international combustible dust expert Mr John Astad  to the speaking faculty of Dust Explosions 2012 . Based in the USA, Mr Astad is the Director and Research Analyst for the Combustible Dust Policy Institute which aims to minimise the severity and reduce the occurrence of combustible dust related fires and explosions in the workplace through ongoing research of combustible dust related incidents.   We had the opportunity to talk to John before he heads our way next month. The risk of complac...

Risks in the bud: to explore the use of modern spark detection and extinguishment systems From International Tobacco Online, an article on applying modern spark detection systems to the tobacco/cigarette manufacturing process. For more detailed information on Spark Detection and Extinguishing Systems please see our website: www.IndustrialFirePrevention.com Tobacco online tobacco "Tobacco," reported in the processing and transportation process large amount of dust, fermentation and friction so that its temperature rises to unsafe values, and generate sparks.   The vast majority of tobacco processing are using modern equipment, once by its cause a fire, will cause huge losses to the enterprise. To solve these problems, at present, some advanced tobacco factory has been installed and use the spark detection and extinguishment systems. Dust generated by the first process of the tobacco processing flavored or feeding easier to handle, less likely to spark.   Eve...

Another update from Epstein, Becker, Green.   Posted on March 14th, 2012 by Eric J. Conn By Forrest G. Read, IV and Eric J. Conn The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) announced earlier this month a new policy disguised as a nod to enhancing employee participation in CSB investigations, but which may actually represent a dramatic limitation in the investigation rights of both employees and employers. The new policy expands the role of non-management employees in the CSB’s investigations into the causes of chemical accidents that occur at industrial facilities, but does so at the expense of employers’ involvement and employees’ rights. By way of background, the CSB was created under the Clean Air Act, but does not report under the EPA, nor does it fall under the Department of Labor.  Rather, the CSB is an independent, non-enforcement federal agency charged with inv...

Another great blog post by Rich Christianson at the Woodworking Network. Why Custom Woodworker Fought OSHA Penalty Victory Woodworks' recent successful appeal of a serious table saw violation issued by an overzealous Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) enforcement agent, was the subject of my blog last week: Custom Woodworker Takes on OSHA and Wins . The saga began last year when Victory Woodworks, a full-service architectural woodwork shop based in Sparks, NV, was working as a subcontractor on a building project in Las Vegas. The OSHA inspector visiting the site on a day when Victory Woodworks' employees were not present (a technicality that I failed to point out in my previous blog) was curious to learn about the contents of the company's  locked job box. Cutting to the chase, at a meeting arranged a couple of days later with Victory Woodworks' foreman in which the job box was opened, the OSHA agent took the greatest interest in a 1...

The Minnesota Grain and Feed Association received a grant from the AgStar Fund for Rural America Grant Program, to produce videos to train volunteer firefighters and first responders on how to respond to a grain bin rescue situation and proper response to a grain elevator or feed mill fire or explosion.  Click the title above to view the videos . Also see their  See their Safety and Health video library here

From the OSHA Law Update blog of Epstein Becker Green, by Eric J. Conn, here is an article on OSHA inspections, frequently asked questions, and what you might expect when OSHA arives at your door step. Managing an OSHA Inspection: Answers to 5 Frequently Asked Questions | compliance safety and health officer, CSHO, inspection, inspection rights, OSHA Inspection, subpoena, warrant | OSHA Law Update  Below is a set of important questions that we are frequently asked by clients when OSHA unexpectedly shows up at their doorsteps.   These questions and many more are also addressed in our OSHA Inspection Checklist desk reference guide . Scenario 1:    An OSHA Compliance Safety and Health Officer (CSHO) arrives unannounced to begin an inspection, but the employer’s representative whom the employer desires to manage the OSHA inspection is not present at the workplace.  Can the employer request that the CSHO return later or wait to start the inspection until ...